Accenture Achieves Leader Position On Everest Group's Peak Matrix™ for European Life Sciences ITO


LONDON; August 5, 2015 - Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been named a Leader for European life sciences information technology outsourcing (ITO) in Everest Group's recent report: IT Outsourcing in European Life Sciences Industry - Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2015. The report assessed 15 life sciences service providers' European operations on two key dimensions: market success (transactional activity) and delivery capability (scale, scope, technology solutions and innovation, and delivery footprint).

IT Outsourcing in European Life Sciences Industry - Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2015

"In addition to providing traditional life sciences technology services, Accenture also delivers innovative digital offerings to a number of medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies," said Abhishek Singh, Practice Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences IT, Everest Group. "Combined with robust technology offering and a holistic suite of services, Accenture is well-positioned to service the European market demands nimbly and with excellence."

The report emphasizes the increasing importance of providing ITO services to European life sciences companies to help them with innovative solutions to meet current market opportunities, navigate restructuring, secure growth prospects, and address different IT imperatives. In this environment, life sciences companies are demanding analytics, data consolidation, and infrastructure and application modernization services.

"We are thrilled to be recognized as a leader in Everest Group's assessment of European life sciences ITO providers," said Andrea Brueckner, managing director of Accenture Life Sciences EALA practice. "Our best-in-class ITO services help transform our clients' businesses by delivering higher levels of performance and lowering costs so they can deliver better outcomes to improve the quality of people's lives."

Read more about the Everest Group's PEAK Matrix for European Life Sciences ITO.

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 336,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$30.0 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2014.www.accenture.com.

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